Hello Panko Pork Chops!

This was the first time that I have ever cooked pork chops, and I must say that I will be cooking these panko covered babies again and again! They were so yummy! I found the recipe here on pinterest of course! I keep forgetting to take pictures (so sorry), if you click on the here above you'll get a picture and the delicious recipe!

But here's the recipe if you just want to stay here...

Crispy Panko Pork Chops (dinner for 2)

Ingredients:

- Canola Oil

- 2 Thick Pork Chops (recipe said bone-in, but I used boneless & it was still tastey!)

- 1/2 Cup Panko Crumbs

- 2 Tablespoons grated Parmesan Cheese

- 1 Tablespoon minced Italian Parsley

- 1/4 Cup all-purpose Flour

- 2 Eggs, lightly beaten

- Salt & Pepper

Directions:

- Preheat oven to 375, season pork chops with salt and pepper and set aside.

- Set three bowls out, 1st with panko crumbs, parmesan, parsley, and salt, 2nd with flour, and 3rd with the eggs

- In a skillet heat 3 tablespoons of oil over medium high to high heat.

- Cover pork chops first in flour, then the egg, the the panko mixture (make sure to coat evenly)

- Add pork chops to skillet and cook until golden brown and crispy on each side

- Remove the chops from the skillet and place them in a cookie sheet, cook the pork chops in the oven, uncovered, until they reach the internal temp. of 130 (this could take 15-30 minutes, just check it after 15 and so on until you reach your desired internal temp.)

- And EnJOY! :)

I was a little worried about cooking pork chops because I have never done it before and sometimes pork chops can be a little bland, but man these chops were so easy to cook and so darn tastey! The crunch was wonderful! If you're looking for a yummy dinner, make these pork chops!

The Yummy Dinners Continue... :)

I wish that I would have taken a picture of our yummy dinner last night, we were so hungry so I did not even think about taking a picture! But for our wedding my mom's good friend Tammy gave us this Secret Recipes cookbook and it is so fun and the recipes we have tried are so good!

Last night we made Millie's Meatballs - SOOO good! :)

Here's the recipe:

Ingredients:

1 egg

1 envelope dry onion soup mix

1 tsp. garlic from a jar

1/2 tsp. black pepper

1 1/2 lb. lean ground beef

2/3 cup italian seasoned bread crumbs

3/4 cup evaporated milk

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 and spray a 9x13 inch baking dish with nonstick spray.

2. In large bowl, combine egg, soup mix, garlic, and pepper. With a fork, mix in ground beef and bread crumbs.

3. Stir in evaporated milk, mixture should not be too dry, but well moistened.

4. Roll into about 24 golf ball sized meatballs and put them in baking dish (not touching each other)

5. Cover with foil or glass lid and bake for 28-35 minutes.

6. And serve with a sweet and sour sauce or with spaghetti :)

7. ENJOY!

We had the meatballs with some spaghetti and it was so delicious. The meatballs were just perfect, juicy, flavorful, and oh so tastey! I highly recommend this recipe!

(Side note to Coco and Man-E....if you loved the meatlove...you'll love this!) :)

And then for dessert....

My old roommate would make this and it was so good! For our wedding she gave us a bundt pan and this recipe and it so good! (Thanks Anna!)

It is a Chocolate Bundt Cake, it is so moist and so addictive! Here's the Recipe:

Chocolate Bundt Cake

For the Cake:

2 cups sugar

1 3/4 cup all purpose flour

3/4 cup hershey's cocoa

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp. salt

2 eggs

1 cup milk

1/2 cup vegetable oil

2 tsp. vanilla extract

1 cup boiling water

1. Heat oven to 350 and grease and flour bundt pan.

2. Combine dry ingredients in large bowl. Add milk, eggs, oil, and vanilla.

3. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes

4. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin) Pour mixture into pan.

5. Bake for 35-45 minutes/until toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 min. then remove from pan to a wire rack. Cool completely and frost with chocolate glaze.

For Chocolate Glaze:

1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

2 tbsp. margarine or butter

2 tbsp. corn syrup

Place chocolate chips, margarine, and corn syrup in a microwave dish. Microwave uncovered for 1-2 minutes, until chocolate can be stirred smooth.

Sorry to go from yummy food to this...but on another note. My hubbie has been injured for a little over a week now! He sprained his ankle pretty bad when he was playing ward basketball. I feel so bad for him, he's having a hard time walking around still and his foot has been so swollen. And as you can tell he's got some colorful bruising going on! Poor guy. Please send him your love if you see him or talk to him! :)

Look out for some more yummy recipes coming soon! :)

Movies!

I am so excited to see this movie...

While Jon (and a little part of me) is excited to see this movie...

Are you excited about any other movies?

A simply divine pizza!

Portobello Pesto Pizza

- your tastebuds will love this! -

Ingredients:

For the pizza dough click here for a great and simple recipe.

For the toppings:

1 tablespoon unsalted butter

1 lb. mushrooms sliced

1/4 of a red onion, thinly sliced

1 cup pesto (homemade or store-bought)

8 oz. provolone cheese, shredded

1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese

Directions:

1. Take all of the steps to prepare your pizza dough. Pizza dough recipe here.

2. Preheat your oven 450

3. In a skillet melt the butter over medium heat and then add the sliced mushrooms and onions. Cook through, stir occasionally. Cook until the mushrooms are softened and brown.

4. Flatten your pizza dough in a pizza pan or cookie sheet pan.

5. Spread pesto sauce over the dough just like you would pizza sauce. Then spread the mushroom and onion mixture over the pesto sauce evenly and then top that off with the provolone and parmesan cheeses.

6. Bake until the crust edges are brown and the cheese is a golden brown in some spots. (Usually somewhere between 8-12 min.)

7. Slice and Enjoy!

This is definitely a Jon and Jess favorite! I made it last night for dinner and our mouths were just watering for more! It has great rich flavor, the pesto sauce is so yummy!

Try it out! Maybe this weekend? :) You won't regret it!

If you want the original recipe click here.

Mmhm Mhhm Chicken!

Lemon Sugar Roasted Chicken

Wow now talk about a great burst of flavors with this yummy chicken! I got the recipe from pinterest of course, but that lead me to this wonderful blog...click here.

But here's the recipe if you just want to get straight to the tastey recipe!

Ingredients:

- 1 lemon, zested and juiced (I added a little more!)

- 3 cloves garlic, minced

- 1 tablespoon olive oil

- 1 tablespoon dried oregano

- 1 tablespoon sugar

- 1/4 teaspoon salt

- 1/2 teaspoon pepper

- 4 bone-in and skin-on chicken breasts

- 1 red bell pepper, chopped

- 1 tomato, chopped

- 1/2 small onion, sliced thinly

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

2. In small bowl, whisk lemon zest, juice, garlic, oil, oregano, sugar, salt, and pepper.

3. Place chicken (skin side up) in a greased glass baking dish. Arrange the bell pepper, tomato, an onion around the chicken. Pour lemon mixture evenly over the top.

4. Cover dish with aluminum foil and bake for 20 min. Remove foil and spoon pan juices repeatedly over the chicken to moisten.

5. Bake uncovered, basting every 10 min., for about 30 more min. Serve chicken and vegetables with all of the pan juices.

This was so tastey, talk about an easy and deluxe meal! Jon and I loved it! Try it out if you like the lemon flavor and chicken! Let me know what you think if you give it a try! ;)

Yummy Crockpot Dinner

Slow Cooker Polynesian Pork Ribs

(This was so good and it was so easy! Crockpots are amazing.)

Ingredients

Ribs:

2 lb. Boneless country-style pork loin ribs

1 Clove garlic, finely chopped

1 Small onion, sliced

1 Can (8 oz.) crushed pineapple in juice, undrained (add more if you are a fan of pineapple!)

Sauce:

3/4 Cup ketchup

3 Tablespoons packed brown sugar

3 Tablespoons hoisin sauce

1 Teaspoon grated gingerroot

Serve over hot cooked rice.

Steps:

1.) Spray slow cooker with cooking spray and then place the ribs, garlic, and onion in cooker. Spoon about half (or more) of the pineapple with some of the juice over the ribs. Save some of the pineapple and juice for later!

2.) Cover and cook on low heat setting for 8-10 hours

3.) About 35 min. before serving drain and discard the cooking juices from the slow cooker. Then in a small bowl to the side mix ketchup, brown sugar, hoisin sauce, gingerroot, and the remaining pineapple with juice. Pour sauce evenly over ribs, increase heat to high and cook for an additional 25-30 min. or until the ribs are glazed and the sauce is hot.

4.) Serve over rice and enjoy!

-This was just a simple Betty Crocker recipe that you can find here. It was so delicious and easy, I will definitely be making this one again! :)

Should I?

I am getting really bored with my hair and it is need of at least a trim. But I am now debating whether or not I should change up my whole hairstyle.

Here's what I'm thinking....

A little bit of a drastic change for me, but I think her haircut is super cute!

I am leaning more towards this bottom one of Sandra Bullock.

Maybe I'll just get a nice and safe shoulder length cut?

What one is your favorite? Any opinions or other ideas for me? :)

Yum!

I was going to get back on top of blogging but I definitely failed right away....but this is me trying to get back into the habit!

I sure do love cooking for my Mr. It is so fun to try new recipe's out and it is even funner when they turn out delicious!!!!! Here have been a few of our favorites!

Grilled Cheese Pizza Sandwiches

Need I say more?

These are so easy and so gosh darn wonderful!!! (Probably not the healthiest thing out there, but they are so good!)

All you do is butter one side of 2 pieces of bread and put the buttered side down on either a sandwich maker or a skillet and then put cheese, pepperoni, some oregano seasoning or pizza seasoning, and any other topping you would like on the bread. Then put the 2nd piece of bread over the toppings butter side up. And just cook it through!

After the sandwiches are all done cooking we heat up some spaghetti or pizza sauce to dip the sandwiches in! YUM!

Also....

Cinnamon Roll Cake

Again...probably not the healthiest thing, but it is delicious! I made this for Jon and me a few weeks ago and it was gone so fast! If you would like the recipe just click here! :)

Do you have any favorite recipes that we are missing out on? We are all for trying new things!

Farewell Fall 2011 Semester!

This semester is officially over with for Jon and me!!! YAY!

It's been a crazy and busy 4 and 1/2 months!

Now it's time to enjoy the christmas holiday! :)

One thing I am not enjoying about the christmas holiday already is finding ice all over my car windows in the morning. This is when I wish we had some kind of garage...hah (and that probably won't be happening anytime real soon). I guess having to scrape off ice is just one of those things that comes along with snow, wind, and freezing cold nights.

Besides the ice and cold, I sure do love the snow, it makes everything look so pretty! Hopefully it will snow more before Christmas! :)

Snow...Snow...Snow...Snow!!!!

Best Christmas movie ever!

Weekend plans consist of Christmas shopping, seeing A White Christmas at The Barn with family, hopefully going to the temple, church, and then another family Christmas party! It's going to be a great weekend! :) Hope you have a wonderful weekend too!

Newlywed Life

Life is so wonderful!

I love being married to my best friend and I love having him come home to me and I love being a housewife (and I'm trying my best to be a good one!) hah. There are many things I love at this point in my life.

At the Green Canyon Corn Maze

Our cute little hand standing snowman!

Sadly, he only lasted for the night and half of the next day.

It has been so fun cooking dinner for Jon and me in our cute little apartment, I am going to get back into blogging and I'll have to post some of the yummy recipes I'm trying :)

I know it's not dinner, but I made this yummy apple pie with some of the applesJon's parents gave to us from their backyard...it was a success! Yum!

Jon and I saw The Help last night, and oh my, what a great movie! I was such a baby...my emotions were running so high throughout the entire thing...and then I cried all the way home. haha it was just so touching. If you haven't seen it...see it! Soon! It will be worth your time.

Geesh - I am so grateful we don't live in that time period.

This post is all over the place! I apologize! I figured I would just update my blog a little bit with my silly ramblings! Stay tuned and check back later for better/more organized posts! ;)